Re: [Vala] Generating API errors

[Noah Gibbs <noah_gibbs yahoo com>]

  Please bear in mind that Vala is a much younger language than Java, and that it isn't supported by nearly 
as much money and advertising.  Fundamentally, Vala tools are just not going to live up to your ideas of 
mature Java tools.

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Adam Kövári <kovariadam gmail com> wrote:

> From: Adam Kövári <kovariadam gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Generating API errors
> To: "'Shawn Ferris'" <shawn ferris gmail com>
> Cc: vala-list gnome org
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:26 AM
> Thank you, gnome2-globalmenu really
> does have API which i need.
>
> I'm still quite new to Vala, so i will definitively 
> have to learn more
> about Vala core.
>
> I have one more question for you, if you don't mind. I come
> from Java world
> and I'm used to high-quality code-completion and editors.
> What is your
> experience? Will I have to go only with Gedit/Vim/Emacs? I
> have tried those
> IDEs/editors recommended on Vala homepage, but they're all
> terribly
> unstable/don't have basic features. What do you use?
>
> Adam
>        
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Ferris [mailto:shawn ferris gmail com]
>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:58 AM
> To: Adam Kovari
> Cc: vala-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Generating API errors
>
> On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 16:31 +0200, Adam Kovari wrote:
> > Thanks,
> > but i don't have vapi for libbonobo, even if i have
> libbonobo-dev
> > package installed. I'd say this means, that this
> binding has not been
> > created yet. Thus my only choice is to generate it
> myself. Am I
> > correct?
> >
> > My question is, where can i request to add this
> bindings to official
> > Vala distribution?
>
> You could enter a bug request for the fixes, but I presume
> there are
> more pressing matters and you'll have to wait a while. You
> might also
> take a look at the global menu project. It's written in
> vala and
> provides a fairly complex applet. At a glance, it's got a
> bit more
> content in the provided libpannel-applet vapi.. perhaps
> it's enough for
> you. otherwise, I'd take the time to learn to write vapi.
> I'm certainly
> no expert, but with persistance, I was able to pick it up
> enough that
> I'm successfully writing code against even non glib based
> libraries.
> And, you know what they say.. "If I can do it, any one
> can"
>
> http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/
>
> Shawn
>
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